A group of media outlets, journalist associations and press freedom organisations including the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) wrote to EU Commission President Ursula Van Der Leyen on 28 October urging her to commit to improve journalists’ access to documents held by the European Commission.
According to the IFJ reports, the letter was signed by Article 19, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), EU Observer, European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), Follow the Money, Forbidden Stories, Free Press Unlimited (FPU), IFEX, Index on Censorship, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), International Press Institute (IPI), Investigate Europe, Netzwerk Recherche, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, PEN International have points at the European Commission’s failure to provide journalists with the documents they need to scrutinize matters of public importance, including financial or political interests which impact the lives of EU citizens.
